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Resident criticizes recent board spending and recalls at open forum
Summary
At open forum, resident Ron Zahn criticized the board’s recent expenditures — naming legal fees, a severance payment and recall-related costs — and warned about rising mill rates affecting taxpayers; the board did not take action during the public comment period.
During the meeting's open forum, Ron Zahn, a village resident, criticized the board’s recent spending choices and questioned whether current leaders were meeting the same communication expectations applied in an earlier recall.
Zahn said the district recently approved legal fees "in excess of $15,000," referenced a severance package for a former administrator and cited a nearly $39,000 cost associated with the recall. He questioned why the current board had not followed the same post-public-comment communication practices that he said the former president was criticized for, asking whether the same standard should apply now.
He also raised concern about potential mill-rate increases, saying that when higher property values are combined with an increased mill rate the result is a "double whammy" for taxpayers. Zahn urged the board to "learn lessons" and said he had not seen evidence that lessons had been learned.
The board did not take action during open forum; chair (speaker 2) reminded attendees that the board cannot discuss or take action on items during the public comment period and that remarks may be referred to proper channels or taken under advisement.
Status: The concerns raised were recorded in the public-comment portion of the meeting; no formal response or corrective action was recorded in the transcript.
